Lead Actor in a Miniseries or MovieChiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the EdgeMartin Freeman, FargoBilly Bob Thornton, FargoIdris Elba, LutherMark Ruffalo, The Normal HeartBenedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow

Lead Actress in a DramaMichelle Dockery, Downton AbbeyJulianna Margulies, The Good WifeClaire Danes, HomelandRobin Wright, House of CardsLizzy Caplan, Masters of SexKerry Washington, Scandal

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or MovieJessica Lange, American Horror Story: CovenSarah Paulson, American Horror Story: CovenHelena Bonham Carter, Burton and TaylorMinnie Driver, Return to ZeroKristen Wiig, The Spoils of BabylonCicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful

Guest Actress in a ComedyNatasha Lyonne, Orange Is the New BlackUzo Aduba, Orange Is the New BlackLaverne Cox, Orange Is the New BlackTina Fey, Saturday Night LiveMelissa McCarthy, Saturday Night LiveJoan Cusack, Shameless

Children’s ProgramDegrassiDog With a BlogGood Luck CharlieNick News With Linda Ellerbee – Family Secrets: When Violence Hits HomeOne Last Hug: Three Days at Grief CampWynton Marsalis – A YoungArts Masterclass

Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition ProgramBetty White, Betty White’s Off Their RockersTom Bergeron, Dancing With the StarsJane Lynch, Hollywood Game NightHeidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project RunwayCat Deeley, So You Think You Can DanceAnthony Bourdain, The Taste

Documentary or Nonfiction SpecialJFK (American Experience)Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina GilbertRunning From CrazyThe Sixties: The Assassination of President KennedyThe SquazreWhoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Documentary or Nonfiction SeriesAmerican MastersCOSMOS: A SpaceTime OdysseyPioneers of TelevisionThe World WarsYears of Living Dangerously

Whew, that’s a long list. My own personal scan was for Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Anna Gunn and Aaron Paul. Some people are weary of these folks being nominated, but I’ll tell you why they all should win: Because I said so.

When’s the last time you were curled up in a fetal position, alternately screaming and crying over a TV drama? You can’t, can you? Each and every episode STUCK in our collective brains for days. VISCERAL is the only word that can describe the final season of Breaking Bad for me. I ached during the horrific episode Ozymandias where Hank (where was Dean Norris’s nod?) was so brutally shot and killed by those asshole white supremacists, who then run off with Walt’s $80 million( of hard-earned meth money) and a screaming, terrified Jesse. Walt then makes his crazy way home to maniacally force his family to pack up and leave with him, which incites a terrorizing fight with a kitchen knife and Walt fleeing with baby Holly–leaving Skylar (Anna Gunn) kneeling and wailing in the middle of the street as she watches Walt speed away.

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You can’t tell me just those five minutes alone didn’t kick you in the gut. Jesus H. I felt it all over again.